Making Waves

A 1-day Creative Personal Development Course

Course Outline

Aims: On this course, participants will be taken on a creative journey designed to inspire, challenge, entertain, perplex, seduce, mystify and move. The course draws on ideas about creativity and personal growth from everyone in the room, and uses them to liberate creativity within us and bring about positive changes and release blockages in areas in our lives. On this journey we will travel through a landscape of sound, music, words, rhythm and metre, to illuminate the themes and shine new light onto our experiences.

 

Objectives: On this course, participants will explore the creative power of spoken word and piano improvisation.

They will explore creative writing techniques aimed at releasing creativity.

They will engage with creative writing and music on an emotional level.

They will engage with the theory and practise of spoken word improvisation through the preparation and performance of pieces based on personal beliefs and experiences.

They will explore ways of using their voice to increase the effectiveness of their communication.

They will be able to enhance their communication skills by learning to use powerful words that will support, not detract from their message.

The process will result in increased insight to areas of internal blockage, often leading to increased confidence and increased emotional and mental well-being as a result of having gone through the journey

 

Ethos: The Touchwaves experience encourages participants to work together to create a safe environment in which everyone respect themselves and others; in which they share from personal experience; in which they can explore through internal and external questioning and creative learning. The extent of these boundaries is defined by the people themselves on the day.

Programme:

09:00 Introduction and welcome

            Setting up the structure for the day; defining personal and group boundaries

09:45 Coffee Break

10:00 The Touchwaves Experience - Session I: Workshop Session

            The look, smell and sound of words

11:30 Snack Break

12:00 The Touchwaves Experience - Session II: Performance Session

            The power of words and music - Touching the soul

13:00 Lunch

14:00 The Touchwaves Experience – Session III: Open Session

Stretching the boundaries – Digging deeper; Flying higher

15:30 Tea Break

15:45 Practical work – hints and tips

16:15 Time for Reflection and Evaluation

            Personal action points

16:45 Questions and Wrap-up

17:00 Course ends

Preparation:

No particular preparation is required. Just bring yourself and an open-minded attitude!

 

 

Touchwaves – Where Music and Words Unite! - email: info@ouchwaves.com – website www.touchwaves.com